Levulinic acid
The title compound (systematic name: 4-oxopentanoic acid), C5H8O3, is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0762 Å). In the crystal, the molecules interact via O—H...O hydrogen bonds in which the hydroxy O atoms act as donors and the ketone O atoms in adjacent molecules...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Union of Crystallography
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Acta Crystallographica Section E |
| Online Access: | http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813021090 |